A law was passed, USA-PATRIOT (Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism), which helps law enforcement fight terrorism. ... This involves how you acquire a product (did you buy it, steal it, copy it, etc.) ... Ever increasing copyright protection and the growth of second-level access controls has been given the approval of congress in several new bills. The first of these, The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) granted unprecedented legal authority to corporate distributors. 1201(a)(2) reads as follows: "No person shal...

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Another problem of creating a universal digital library would pose is that whoever was doing the scanning and electronic copying of the books and documents would for sure run into some copyright problems. ... In this present day and age, even if creating a universal digital library would be a possible, achievable option, it would be a dangerous resource with health risks, and it would be almost impossible to be accurate do to the changing cultures around the world, and things such as private companies such as Google's economy and copyright laws. ...

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